EcoLur
“Justice prevails”: This was the title of the article displayed on the website of RA Government on RA Government making amendments in its decision № 684-N dated on 18 June 2008. According to this decision, 21,75 ha of pine forest from “Jrvezh” Forest Park belonging to the Ministry of Nature Protection of RA was alienated and passed to the jurisdiction of Voghchaberd Community.
At the government session on 15 October a decision was adopted to return the aforementioned territory to “Jrvezh” Forest Park. “As a matter of fact, we have recovered justice by this decision,” said RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan at the session. The Prime Minister mentioned the active position of NGOs, the National Academy of Sciences of RA and mass media as substantiation for the amendments in the government decision.
“EcoLur” who was running S.O.S. Jrvezh informational campaign congratulates everybody who made his/her own contribution to save the forest park, first of all, Vladimir Voskanyan and Anahit Harutyunyan, the employees at the Forest Park who gave the alarm and acted as the chief experts in the informational campaign.
We congratulate our colleagues who covered this issue honestly and uncompromisingly: Journalists Anahit Pilosyan (“Hayq”), Ruben Grdzelyan (“Golos Armenii”), Valeria Zakharyan (“Novoye Vremya”), Nelli Babayan (“Aravot”), Lilit Grigoryan (“Iravunq De Facto”), Lilit Harutyunyan (“Freedom” Radio), as well as “Hraparak” Environmental Program on “Yerkir Media” dedicated to the issues of corruption, Н1 Public Channel, editorial offices of “Hetq.am”, “Panorama.am”, “ArmInfo”, “A1plus.am”.
We congratulate the National Academy of Sciences of RA, Armenian Botanical Society, WWF Armenia, “Transparency International”, “For Sustainable Human Development” Association, the Center for Bird Lovers, “Tapan” Eco Club, the Aarhus Center in Yerevan, and the “Shogher” Center for Legal Protection of Environment for their active public position in this issue.
We congratulate youth movements represented by “EcoDar”, “Bicycle+” and “S.O.S Teghout” having carried out demonstrations in support of Jrvezh.
October 16, 2009